The Primary Program
Growing and Learning in the Heartland
Page
I.
Preface.. i
II.
Getting Started. 1
III.
The Knowledge Base—
Understanding
How Young Children Develop and Learn
Guiding
Principles and Goals of The Primary
Program 15
Position
Statements
The
Primary Program for All Children 41
Achieving High Standards 45
Ethics in Early Childhood Education 49
Home, School, and Community
Partnerships that Work 51
Building Effective School Teams 53
Active Learning Through Play 55
Teaching to the Ways Children Learn 57
School Readiness 59
Tracking and Retention 61
Assessment of Young Children 63
Class Size 67
Technology and Young Children 69
Grouping for Learning 73
Position Statement Resources 75
IV.
The Learning Environment and Teacher as Decision Maker
Partnerships
with Families and Communities 83
Considerations
for Implementation 105
Cultural
Diversity in Learning and Learners 117
Easing
Transitions 133
Active
Learning in the Classroom
Common Understandings 151
Planning for Learning 165
Classroom
Organization 171
Technology
in the Primary Curriculum 187
V.
Curriculum and Assessment—Teaching and Learning
Widely-Held
Expectations 201
Goals
for Development and Learning
Aesthetic and Artistic Development
in the Primary Program 223
Social and Emotional Development in
the Primary Program 261
Intellectual Development in the
Primary Program 269
Language Arts in the Primary Program 271
Language
Arts Appendix 377
Mathematics in the Primary Program 387
Sciences in the Primary Program 423
Physical Development and Well Being
in the Primary Program 435
Physical Education in the Primary
Program 437
Health and Well-Being in the Primary
Program 453
Development of Responsibility in the
Primary Program 459
Social Studies in the Primary
Program 461
Responsible Living in the Primary
Program 473
Assessment
and Evaluation in the Primary Program 487
Assessment
and Evaluation Appendix 539
Integrated
Curriculum in the Primary Program 553
VI.
Credits
Contributors 587
VII. State
Information